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Austrian director Michael Haneke bagged the Palme d’Or for best film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for his movie 'Das Weisse Band' (The White Ribbon). Michael Haneke's movie tells the story of series of crimes that rocks a village in northern Germany on the eve of World War One. The runner-up prize was presented to France's Jacques Audiard for his popular film 'A Prophet'. The best screenplay prize was awarded to Lou Ye's gay-themed Chinese film, 'Spring Fever' while Philippines' Brillante Mendoza walked away with best director award for his film 'Kinatay'.
French-British screen performer and singer-songwriter Charlotte Gainsbourg won the best actress award for her performance in Lars von Trier's 'Antichrist'. The award for best actor was grabbed by Austrian actor Christoph Waltz for his role in Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds'. The 87-year-old French master Alain Resnais was conferred with a Special Cannes Film Festival Prize for his new film 'Wild Grass'. The award for best debut film went to Australian director Warwick Thornton's 'Samson and Delilah'.
A provocative Greek drama, 'Dogtooth' was adjudged the best film of the Un Certain Regard (UCR) section. Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Dogtooth' is the first Greek film to make it to the Cannes official selection since Theo Angelopoulos' 'Eternity and a Day' won the Palme d'Or in 1998. Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu's 'Police, Adjective' won the UCR Jury Prize. Haneke's 'The White Ribbon' also won the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize.
